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Sports

Arkansas HBCU Revels in First-Ever NCAA Tournament Bid

The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff will take on Winthrop in the tournament’s first game tonight, with the winner advancing to play top-seeded Duke.

March 15, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Alabama Two-year College Officials Plan for Disasters

The Alabama Community College System held the Introduction to Vulnerability exercise last Wednesday to identify and plug holes in disaster plans for the schools and their communities. The longtime goal tragically was made timely after last month’s deadly shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

March 8, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Diversity a Winner in NFL Head Coach Hires; Minorities Gaining Modest Ground in College Ranks

While progress in minority head coach hiring in the NFL is on display with the fourth African-American leading a Super Bowl team this weekend, the college ranks have seen their less-than-stellar record in top coaching hires improve in recent months.

February 4, 2010

Leadership & Policy

East Carolina Tabs McNeill as Holtz’s Replacement

East Carolina University has turned to former Texas Tech defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill to replace Skip Holtz, making the East Carolina alumnus the 16th minority to hold a head coaching job in the 120-team NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision.

January 21, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Athletes Play for Pride, Coaches Get Bonuses

The players at Texas and Alabama will compete tonight for the chance to be called national champions and for a beautiful crystal trophy to be placed outside their locker room while their coaches stand to make hundreds of thousands of dollars.

January 6, 2010

Sports

Buffalo Search for Turner Gill Replacement Begins

What should make University of Buffalo athletic director Warde Manuel’s job easy in replacing football coach Turner Gill is the admirable job Gill, who is slated to become the first African-American head football coach at the University of Kansas, fulfilled in bringing respectability to what had been one of nation’s most laughable football programs.

December 14, 2009

Sports

Southern Univ. Dismisses Award-Winning Coach

Unable to lead team to a winning conference record this season, Pete Richardson, the football coach at Southern University for 17 years, was fired Monday along with most of his staff.

December 8, 2009

Sports

Report: Bowl School Graduation Rate Gap Widens Between Blacks, Whites

The disparity between graduation rates for White and Black college football players at schools headed to bowl games grew slightly this year, according to a study released Monday.

December 7, 2009

Sports

Famed Marching 100 Band May Steal the Show at Miami-FAMU Game

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — When the final whistle blows to end Miami’s game against Florida A&M, Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon will hurry off the field. And then he’ll hurry right back out.

October 8, 2009

Sports

U of ND Faces Deadline on Fighting Sioux Name

Unless the University of North Dakota gets the support of the state’s two Sioux tribes by Oct. 1, which appears unlikely, the South Dakota Board of Higher Education says it must drop the Fighting Sioux as the school’s nickname.

September 27, 2009

Sports

Black Coaching Appointments Paying Dividends

When Miami’s Randy Shannon and Houston’s Kevin Sumlin lead their teams onto the football field Saturday, advocates of diversity in higher education will have much to cheer about.

September 24, 2009

Sports

SPECTRUM: RACIAL EQUALITY AND SPORTS

University of Maryland, College Park students in Dr. Damion Thomas\’ \”Black Masculinity and Basketball\” class are usually talkative. A rare exception is when Thomas steers them to the subject of the late Len Bias, a UMD basketball star whose talents captivated sports fans nationally.

September 2, 2009